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Businesses are constantly searching for new ways to match messaging to eyeballs, or put succinctly, trying to adapt new strategies to engage effectively with customers where they are consuming content. But what happens when these digital marketing and advertising efforts start to lose steam?

What’s ahead for SAP’s BusinessObjects? Customers currently on BusinessObjects 4.2 should know that it will go out of support at the end of this year. Which means that now is the optimum time to make the move to the latest supported BusinessObjects version.

With the retirement of third-party data on the horizon, marketers need to adjust and strategise on the data and tools available to them to find their customers. In the new first-party data world, what the customer directly gives you is what you already know, giving them more control. Customers have embraced that control and seek transparent ways of sharing information, when they want and when it benefits them.

While the ink is still drying on many 2023 Form 10-Ks, Protiviti has reviewed a subset of the filings to gauge how firms are responding to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) amended Cybersecurity Disclosure Rule adopted in July 2023.

The shift to new in-office, work-from-home and hybrid working models is leading many organisations to reexamine their compensation and benefits strategies to support cultural objectives and attract talent.

DevOps is dead – or so the story goes. This statement is echoed more and more these days, much to the dismay of the DevOps faithful, however technologists need to be careful to read between the lines. DevOps is most certainly NOT dead. DevOps is more alive than ever, although the connotation of the term DevOps continues to evolve. The key point remains: as software development teams move past legacy methodologies…

Anyone who wins business via competitive bid may have noticed that requests for proposals (RFPs) increasingly feature instructions to adopt inclusive language in responses. Over the past several years, more and more potential customers are seeking cybersecurity partners whose values in the areas of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) correspond with their own. Sometimes, enterprises will provide examples of non-…

An SAP S/4HANA transformation project has many risks that need to be managed and often, it is difficult for the project team operating day to day on detailed tasks to “see the forest for the trees.” The PMO has intimate knowledge of the key processes and risks associated with the project and, as such, is in an ideal position to develop mitigation strategies in collaboration with the system integrator and the…

These turbulent times of evolving threats and rising personal responsibility considerations for cybersecurity leaders make the CISO role a challenging but rewarding position. The CISO must contend with an increasing sophistication of attacks, potential geopolitical adversaries and the material impact cybersecurity can have on organisational value. Whether it’s a new CISO or a seasoned cybersecurity executive, the…

Building technology resilience is a continuous process. Technology resilience programs call for diligent monitoring, constant adaptation to evolving threats and continual evolution to respond to a shifting threat landscape. To begin with, they require a strong business case and well-articulated benefits to secure executive commitment and program funding. Then, continuous advancement of technology resilience…